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Today Hamid (my interpreter) came with me to lunch, and I stopped by the hut to drop off my armor and rifle.“Hey, you’ve never seen my blog, have you?…
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For those who have been reading my posts from the beginning, excuse me while I do a quick review for new readers. I work at the Central Movement Agenc…
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Kabul is currently suffering under a massive bout of cold weather, which our interpreters Wali and Hamid assure us is far from normal. They say this w…
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Here I am with my good friend Col Atabar--------------------------------------------------------I’ve had many people reading my blog, articles, and/or…
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12 Nov 2006My job in Afghanistan is working at an Afghan Transportation Unit called the Central Movements Agency (CMA). I am assigned here, along with…
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Hamid has been my interpreter and friend here in Kabul for over three months. This event occured on 3 August. I won't post a photo of Hamid because …
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Back in June I arrived in Afghanistan for a one-year tour. In August I started blogging about my adventures here. A couple of days ago I was invited t…
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Before I deployed to Afghanistan, I spent a month at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, undergoing Army Combat Skills Training. Here's some of the fun I went throu…
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One of the first things that struck me about Afghanistan, besides the stunning levels of poverty I saw everywhere, were these gloriously colorful truc…
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I've been home on R&R leave, and and now back and settled in for my final six months in Afghanistan. Now that I'm back, I'll start posting again.…
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On Christmas Eve, Mike asked all of us in our side of the hut to sing some Christmas carols for his wife and daughter. He was going to record them on …
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Just when I think nothing will surprise me, Afghanistan throws me a curve ball. Let me set the stage. Maj Apple, Wali, Hamid (our interpreters), and…
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Hamid swung by the hut today to get me for lunch after he had hitched a ride back to Phoenix. I was just finishing up some writing, so I had him come …
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It’s been a long time since I last posted. Forgive me. I returned to the States in May of 2007, and have made the adjustment back to life in America…
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